by Alfred Poor | July 1, 2019 | Medical
If you follow technology news at all, it’s impossible to escape the 5G media frenzy. The new wireless standard promises to provide high-speed broadband data access everywhere, though there is plenty of confusion around just what 5G is or is not, and just when it...
by Bruce Brown | March 12, 2019 | Medical
Premature babies typically spend days, weeks, or longer in a neonatal intensive care unit (NICU). They have a myriad of needs, including some that may be in conflict. In addition to providing nutrition and warmth, NICU clinical staff closely monitor vital signs plus...
by Bruce Brown | January 3, 2019 | Health, Medical
In early 2017, we wrote about a shift in wearable health tech to clinical grade devices. The market was slowing for basic fitness trackers but interest in wearables from the medical and research communities was a driving force for high-quality health and medical...
by Bruce Brown | November 15, 2018 | Enabling Tech, General News
The health tech wearables that we write about typically combine one or more integrated biosensors with battery-powered wireless transmitters to send biometric data elsewhere to be stored and analyzed, usually to a smartphone. Such devices come in a myriad of form...
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by Alfred Poor | October 5, 2018 | Enabling Tech, General News
A key part of the Health Tech wearable revolution is wireless communications. We depend on WiFi and Bluetooth transmissions to connect wearable devices to smartphones, computers, and the Cloud, so that these devices are not tied down by a data cable. To transmit and...
